solar battery tender: If you hook up the battery tender solar do you have to disconnect it from the while operating the car?
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If you buy the cigar lighter adapter from battery tender and place it on the dash or rear deck inside the car, that will work the way you want. You can just leave it hooked up all the time. If you use the supplied clamps it will almost certainly fall off the battery terminals while you drive. Not Good.
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Disconnect ANY battery charger from the vehicle, before running the vehicle. Slamming the battery and most importantly the electronics of the auto with two different charging inputs, is not a healthy idea for those auto computers.
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The solar controller and generated can be connected to the same battery in parallel and not have any problems.I would only see an isolator or disconnect switch necessary if you wanted to remove your batteries and switch them with a different set or configuration.That way you can disconnect your panels while managing your batteries. This is good for preventing your charge controller from getting damaged.Let us know if you need further assistance.Regards,AW
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If you use a battery tender to maintain your batteries when not in use, then I would imagine you have the pig tail attached. Just plug into the pig tail. However if you are not charging the big battery in some way it will draw it down. My opinion, if you camp a lot, invest in a good quality solar charger.
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I was not aware of one and I hooked it up without breaking it.If you have a panel in the sun however, I would think that hooking up the batteries and any accessories first would be the right thing to do, followed by the panels connection
1234654
Yes, it has the same circuit as the other to keep it from reverse flowing and draining your battery. A solar charger without it would be useless.
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Yes, it's like closing off the nozzle on a guarded hose - the pressure is still there (voltage) but the current flow is stopped. The battery stops charging when it's float limit is reached so that it won't boil off a wet cell battery. If the regulator couldn't handle the panel's charge potential then it would burn out once the battery reached full charge. One caveat however, the unit might require a battery to complete the hookup for the screen display.If it's a temporary battery exchange, I would disconnect one of the panel wires going into to the CM30 as well and install a fuse or switch on the solar panel side just to be safe. Yes, it's like closing off the nozzle on a guarded hose - the pressure is still there (voltage) but the current flow is stopped. The battery stops charging when it's float limit is reached so that it won't boil off a wet cell battery. If the regulator couldn't handle the panel's charge potential then it would burn out once the battery reached full charge. One caveat however, the unit might require a battery to complete the hookup for the screen display.If it's a temporary battery exchange, I would disconnect one of the panel wires going into to the CM30 as well and install a fuse or switch... » Read More Yes, it's like closing off the nozzle on a guarded hose - the pressure is still there (voltage) but the current flow is stopped. The battery stops charging when it's float limit is reached so that it won't boil off a wet cell battery. If the regulator couldn't handle the panel's charge potential then it would burn out once the battery reached full charge. One caveat however, the unit might require a battery to complete the hookup for the screen display.If it's a temporary battery exchange, I would disconnect one of the panel wires going into to the CM30 as well and install a fuse or switch on the solar panel side just to be safe. « Show Less
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No. Leave it hooked up, just hook up the tender to the pos and neg posts of the battery and plug the tender into 120VAC.
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I assume your qeustion is if the product can be left connected while the car is off. I'd say yes, it will turn off I think. Although I haven't tried it. But in case the 12V port inthe car stays on it may drain the car battery since it has a fan that spins when connnected to power.
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Yes, this is intended to remain connected to a battery 24/7 (whether in a car or out of a car) and it begins charging the battery when solar power is available and the battery voltage is 13V or less, then once the battery voltage is raised to 14V (showing it is charged) it will stop the charging. If you will be connecting a solar panel thru a lighter plug in a car (which seems to be the easiest place), I hope the lighter remains "on" without the keys in the ignition (otherwise your "charge" power will not be getting thru to the battery making putting all of this together pointless). If you were to start a car with the panels connected up, the panels may send their rated power to help start the car (during good daylight), but they won't put out any "extra" power (they are not a battery that "store up" power or such, they just give you what they can). Once the car is started, the car alternator should instantly recharge the batteries and the green light on this should instantly come on (showing that solar power is blocked).
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Yes as the battery tender charges the battery up to the desired full voltage, a shunt circuit connects a resistive load across the battery in order to absorb the excess charging current. Which result in a dissipation of heat as excess energy is routed through the resistor instead of back into the battery.
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Most, but not all, vehicles have the cigarette lighter wired to the battery circuit so that they're "on" no matter if the car is or not. This is the "Batt" connection in your fusebox. If it's wired to the Accessory circuit, then the circuit will only be available when the car is running or the key turned to Accessory. This is the "Acc" connection in your fusebox. It's simple enough to tell before buying this solar panel, just push the lighter in when the car is off and the key out of the ignition. If the lighter gets hot then this will work for you. If not then you'll need to do something else, wire a plug into the fusebox, clip this right on the battery, something else. This comes with both the cigarette plug and alligator clips. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, this won't "pop" out and shut itself off like a cigarette lighter does. That's done by heat in the lighter, not a timer or anything like that.
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Yes, you can disconnect the battery. In fact, you have to disconnect the battery when you keep it for charging. Disconnecting battery is very simple.
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You might want to contact the seller Solar-X for a full answer to your question. Can only say I have had this solar panel attached with alligator clips to my 12V marine battery without the controller for a year and a half (boat is in marina in-water over winter January through March and not used for those 3 months) (live on the coast of S.C.). I have a power cut off switch and in April turned it on and the console gauge showed full charge and started the O/B upon ignition. Before purchasing this solar panel I bought a portable battery charger (just in case) and to this day have not had to use it. I credit the solar panel(sans the controller) for that. Hope this helps.
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Yes You have. That is why the pigtail so you don't have to disconnect the batter from the vehicle, just plug it in and it will maintain the charge, but You must un plug the tender before starting the vehicle
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The Battery Tender Quick Disconnect is quite capable of working with your 6 volt battery tender. However, it depends if your 6 volt battery tender has the SAE or the Tamiya connector. The quick disconnect comes with the SAE connector.
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Yes. Just plug the tender in & attach the positive & negative terminals to the tender. And you'll be able to let it sit as long as you need. You can even leave the battery in the car while it is charged. The light on the tender should go from solid red to solid green within 2-3 days. If it takes longer than that to turn green. You may need to make sure the battery is still good.